Project Description

Technological tests

Contact person: Pietro Bruzzi – bruzzi@centroceramico.it – Mobile: 340 6885491

Cementitious adhesives

  • One day shear strength after conditioning ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Seven days shear strength after conditioning ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Four weeks shear strength after conditioning ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Seven days water immersion shear strength ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Four weeks freeze-thaw shear strength ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Heat ageing shear strength ANSI A 118.15 – 7
  • Determination of transverse deformation EN 12004-2, 8.6
  • Initial tensile adhesion strength EN 12004-2, 8.3
  • Early tensile adhesion strengh for fast setting adhesives EN 12004-2, 8.3
  • Tensile adhesion strength after water immersion EN 12004-2, 8.3
  • Tensile adhesion strength after heat ageing EN 12004-2, 8.3
  • Tension adhesion strength after freeze-thaw cycles EN 12004-2, 8.3
  • Determination of slip EN 12004-2, 8.2
  • Open time EN 12004-2, 8.1

Reaction resin adhesives

  • Initial shear adhesion strength EN 12004-2, 8.5
  • Shear adhesion strength after water immersion EN 12004-2, 8.5
  • Shear adhesion strength after thermal shock EN 12004-2, 8.5
  • Chemical resistance EN 12808-1 (for each chemical agent / for each temperature / for each test range)
  • Determination of slip EN 12004-2, 8.2
  • Open time  EN 12004-2, 8.1

Dispersion adhesives

  • Initial shear adhesion strength EN 12004-2, 8.4
  • Shear adhesion strength after heat ageing EN 12004-2, 8.4
  • Shear adhesion strength after water immersion EN 12004-2, 8.4
  • Adhesion at elevated temperature EN 12004-2, 8.4
  • Determination of slip EN 12004-2, 8.2
  • Open time EN 12004-2, 8.1

Mineralogical and microstructural characterisation

Contact persons:

Microscopic analysis

  • SEM observation
  • EDS Microanalysis
  • Stereomicroscope observation
  • Optical microscope observation
  • Images
  • Quantitative microscopic analysis (porosity and pore/grain size distribution, etc.

Thermal analysis, wettability

Contact person: Giovanni Ridolfi – ridolfi@centroceramico.it – Mobile: +39 345 9317030

Determination of contact angle

Dilatometry

  • Thermo dilatometric analysis, heating according to ASTM E 228 and coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the consolidated material